Diary, Reminiscences and Correspondence
Published on 6. January 2011
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610 pages
978-1-108-02490-7 (ISBN)
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Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) was a lawyer, journalist and indefatigable diarist, who was acquainted with almost all the important figures in English and European cultural circles. His surviving writings amount to almost one hundred volumes, from which this selection was compiled in 1869. He studied at Jena where he became acquainted with Goethe and Schiller, and became foreign editor for The Times, despatching eyewitness reports on the Battle of Corunna. He travelled to Switzerland and Italy with Wordsworth, and his reminiscences of William Blake are an important source of information on that visionary. He attended Coleridge's public lectures, recording not only the content but anecdotes about the audiences. Other activities included helping found the Athenaeum Club and University College, London. The combination of anecdote and critical appraisal of the notables about whom he writes makes the diaries a valuable source for the culture of the nineteenth century.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
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849 gr
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978-1-108-02490-7 (9781108024907)
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1. 1832. Reform Bill - Goethe's death - Lady Blessington - fatal accident to W. Pattison and his bride; 2. 1833-35. Hudson Gurney - first railway journey - at the Lakes - Scotch tour with Wordsworth - visit to Heidelberg - theological talks with Benecke - death of Lamb - first Christmas at Rydal; 3. 1836. Dr. Arnold - Sydney Smith - W. S. Landor and Wordsworth; 4. 1837-8. Italian tour with Wordsworth - journey to the west of England with Wordsworth - copyright in America - Clarkson and Wilberforce controversy - journey to Paris with Southey; 5. 1839-40. At Rydal - H. C. R. removes to 30 Russell Square - visit to Playford - The Non-con Club - tour to Frankfort; 6. 1841. Death of H. C. R.'s nephew, and of many old friends; 7. 1842. Christmas at Rydal (1841) - death of Dr. Arnold - Christmas at Rydal (1842) - talks with Faber; 8. 1843-4. On church questions - correspondence with Quillinan - Christmas at Rydal - visit to Playford - Archaeological Association; 9. 1844. Dissenters' Chapels Act; 10. 1845. At Rydal - Rogers - Wordsworth - Robinsoniana; 11. 1846. Donaldson - visit to Heidelberg - acquaintance with F. W. Robertson; 12. 1847. Visit to Devizes - University Hall - deaths of Mary Lamb, Mrs. Quillinan, and J. Walter - F. W. Robertson - University College and Flaxman's works - sad Christmas at Rydal; 13. 1848. Political crisis - Bunsen - Emerson - on the punishment of criminals - Christmas at Rydal; 14. 1849. The circle at Rydal - University Hall opened; 15. 1850-51. Wordsworth's death - trip to Paris - visit to Mrs. Wordsworth - Flaxman Gallery at University College - death of Habakkuk Robinson - tour to Germany - Arndt; 16. 1852-57. Death of Robertson - Lady Byron - Dr. King - Mrs. Clarkson and Mrs. Wordsworth - visit to France - death of H. C. R.'s grand-nephew - on the study of Wordsworth; 17. 1858-62. At Bury - Mrs. Wordsworth's death - death of Thomas Robinson - more deaths - at Lulworth Cove - anecdotes and bons-mots; 18. 1863-6. At Stratford-on-Avon - last continental journey - putting papers in order - resigning trusts - death; Appendix.